Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To midwife.
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- verb Obsolete form of
midwife .
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Examples
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Once you get rid of limbo, in theory you don't need the midwive to baptise.
Sacraments on Stage? Bardiac 2008
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Which presbytery, though some call the rod of Aaron, yet it more resembles those rods of Jacob, as being designed to midwive a piebald, mixed, ringstraked progeny of church-governors into the world.
Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. V. 1634-1716 1823
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It won't involve any product that does not have value or merit in itself, it will only require someone who is willing to midwive and follow up.
Self-Motivation, Personal Growth and Entrepreneurship Development on DeoluAkinyemi.com 2009
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